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- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
The idea seemed feasible because Mends had once met Winfrey through a personal connection at college. "I thought it was a fabulous possibility for several reasons," Koehn explained. "One, based on intuition, was that there's something very View Details
- 25 Jun 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Machiavelli, Morals, and You
how they should be governed, what they should worship, and how they should have power over their lives. Leadership is a struggle by flawed human beings to make some important human values real and effective, in the world as it is.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Lighting It Up
Last December, David Wilkins (MBA 1990) admired the brilliant skyline of Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor, with its color-changing buildings and holiday lighting. “I love when nighttime comes,” the former investment banker told the Rocky Mountain News (December 24, 2004).... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Perilous Waters, Sunken Ships, and the True Story of the Legendary Wrecker Captains by Dennis M. Powers (MBA ’69) (Amacom) Powers tells the story of a group of 19th- and 20th-century men known as “wreckers,”... View Details
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
her contextual framework and harness its power often made the difference between success and failure. Measuring a leader's impact on society, on business, or on both is admittedly a subjective task. More than half of the business leader... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 1994
- Chapter
Separation of Ownership and Control
By: Michael C. Jensen and Eugene F. Fama
Jensen, Michael C., and Eugene F. Fama. "Separation of Ownership and Control." In Management of Non-profit Organizations, edited by S. M. Oster. Dartmouth Publishing, 1994. (Also published in Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 26, No. 2 (June, 1983) and Michael C. Jensen, Foundations of Organizational Strategy, (Harvard University Press, 1998).)
- Aug 2010 - 2010
- Conference Presentation
Power, Social Influence and Organizational Change: A Network Perspective
By: Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story
Inventing the Electronic Century: The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries (The Free Press) is the fourth major book by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., the School's Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Emeritus. It is the heretofore untold... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Noted & Quoted
"I was always a windup toy for achievement." —Barry Rowan (MBA 1983), on taking a "purposeful pause" in his career before moving to Cool Planet Energy Systems. (CFO.com, December 19, 2012) View Details
- March 1994
- Teaching Note
Influence Style Questionnaire, Teaching Note
By: Linda A. Hill
Keywords: Power and Influence
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Governance and CEO Turnover: Do Something or Do the Right Thing?
- 19 Mar 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Beyond Gender and Negotiation to Gendered Negotiations
Keywords: by Deborah Kolb & Kathleen L. McGinn
- 10 Mar 2011
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?
retired." This led Illysa to comment, "One more reason we must choose not only our careers but our work places carefully: who do we want to become?" Heidi Olson wondered "if the change in hormones when gaining power is... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- autumn 1981
- Article
Power, Leadership, and Participatory Management
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "Power, Leadership, and Participatory Management." Theory into Practice 21 (autumn 1981): 219–28.
- October 1995
- Article
Influence Strategies in Buying Centers
By: R. Venkatesh, A. J. Kohli and Gerald Zaltman
Venkatesh, R., A. J. Kohli, and Gerald Zaltman. "Influence Strategies in Buying Centers." Journal of Marketing 59, no. 4 (October 1995): 71–82.
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
HBS alumnus Philip Rettger on partnering with the Harvard endowment
Philip Rettger (MBA 1985) has focused his career on renewable and sustainable energy. "While none of us knows what the future will offer for investment returns, I am pleased that the charitable remainder trust that I established several years ago is being invested by... View Details
- 07 Feb 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Earnings Management from the Bottom Up: An Analysis of Managerial Incentives Below the CEO
Keywords: by Felix Oberholzer-Gee & Julie Wulf
- February 2007
- Module Note
The Secret Sharer Summary: Earning Legitimacy
By: Sandra J. Sucher
A summary of the major themes discussed in the tenth class of The Moral Leader (EC curriculum). View Details
Sucher, Sandra J. "The Secret Sharer Summary: Earning Legitimacy." Harvard Business School Module Note 607-074, February 2007.
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
(Photo courtesy of KDC Solar) Launched in 2011, QE solar is an operations and maintenance company focused on servicing large-scale, commercial solar energy structures—the kind typically owned by large utility companies. The company is based in New Jersey, the... View Details